Laughs from the Past (History/Comedy Podcast)

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120. Historical Sleuths | The Ice Valley Mystery Apr 27, 2021

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This season of Laughs from the Past is presented by Kushy Dreams. Go to https://kushydreams.com and use promo code 'LAUGHS' for 20% off your next order

A local man and his daughters are out hiking in a remote section of what’s known as the Ice Valley. Noting an unusual burning smell, they investigate a few meters off the trail - and come across a frightful discovery: a woman's body, charred, and wedged between a rock pile.

119. Historical Sleuths | The Medieval Dancing Plague Apr 20, 2021

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This season of Laughs from the Past is presented by Kushy Dreams. Go to https://kushydreams.com and use promo code 'LAUGHS' for 20% off your next order

Christmas Eve of 1021 would mark the first recorded instance of the mysterious medieval dancing plague, a malady that would continuously pop up and subsequently disappear throughout medieval Europe for the next 500 years. And on today’s episode of Laughs from the Past, we’re going to find out exactly what drove these devious dancers.

118. Historical Sleuths | The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels Apr 13, 2021

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This season of Laughs from the Past is presented by Kushy Dreams. Go to https://kushydreams.com and use promo code 'LAUGHS' for 20% off your next order

Get ready for an absolute roller coaster of a tale! In today’s episode of Laughs from the Past, we’re going back to early 20th century Dublin, Ireland where we’ll investigate the unsolved and enduring case of the stolen Irish Crown Jewels.

117. Historical Sleuths | Tamam Shud Case Apr 06, 2021

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This season of Laughs from the Past is presented by Kushy Dreams. Go to https://kushydreams.com and use promo code 'LAUGHS' for 20% off your next order

In this episode of Laughs from the Past, we’re going to venture into the outback and take a look at one of the more profound John Does in police history - the notorious Tamam Shud case.

116. Historical Sleuths | The Mystery of Cicada 3301 Mar 30, 2021

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This season of Laughs from the Past is presented by Kushy Dreams. Go to https://kushydreams.com and use promo code 'LAUGHS' for 20% off your next order.

In today’s episode of Laughs from the Past, we’ll investigate the mysterious organization known as Cicada 3301 that popped up around 2012 only to vanish without a trace after five years of cryptic, coded messages.

115. Historical Sleuths | The Disappearance of the Mary Celeste Mar 23, 2021

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This season of Laughs from the Past is presented by Kushy Dreams. Go to https://kushydreams.com and use promo code 'LAUGHS' for 20% off your next order

We’ll spend the first half of today’s episode telling the story of the mysterious disappearance of Mary Celeste, and then we’ll put our detective hats on and conduct an investigation of our own.

114. Heists | The 300 Million Yen Robbery Sep 01, 2020

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300 million Yen stolen from a Japanese bank.

Who do you think did it?

The obvious answer for many would be to point to a group like the Yakuza. A large, dangerous transnational crime syndicate with the capability of stealing this much money from a highly secure Japanese bank in the streets of Tokyo.

But as we’ve learned throughout this season, some of the most daring heists have been performed by some of the most surprising people.

113. Little Laughs | How a Drunk Baker Survived the Titanic Aug 20, 2020

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Charles Joughin was arguably the last person aboard the Titanic when it sank into the frigid waters of the North Atlantic ocean on April 15, 1912. Yet somehow, the ship’s chief baker survived for hours in the subzero temperatures until he found a lifeboat.

What allowed him to stay so calm and live through one of history’s biggest disasters? To answer that, we have to go into the detail of what Joughin experienced on that fateful day.

112. Heists | The Great Train Robbery Aug 18, 2020

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There was nothing remarkable about the train traveling from Glasgow. The 12 cars powered by a single diesel locomotive made up a mobile post office known as the Up Special. It was carrying postal staff who sorted mail and packages en route to London as it had done every night without incident for 125 years. It was completely unremarkable -- that is, until the night of Aug. 8, 1963.

111. Little Laughs | The Unbelievable Story of Juan Pujol García Aug 13, 2020

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After World War II, a critical MI5 spy named Juan Pujol Garcia faked his own death, keeping it secret for almost four decades. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about him.

Welcome to Little Laughs, and today we’re talking about the unbelievable story of Spanish nationalist turned amatuer spy turned top British intelligence agent, Juan Pujol García.

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